Mike Fraysse
Mike Fraysse (born July 30, 1943) served as President of the United States Cycling Federation from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1994 to 1998. Fraysse was a member of the USCF's Board of Directors from 1969 to 1994. He managed two US Olympic Cycling Teams (1976 and 1984)[1]. He was three times the president of the UCI's Pan American Cycling Confederation, and is a recipient of the UCI Merit Award. Fraysse, along with Eddie Borysewicz and Ed Burke, organized the blood-doping of US cyclists at the 1984 Olympic Games. Fraysse also was involved in the cover-up of the 1984 positive doping control of US Olympic Team member and US Worlds Track Team pursuiter Cindy Olivarri. Most recently, he was suspected to have played a role in the doping practices of Uruguayan cyclist Alvaro Tardaguila and the American Joseph M. Papp, who tested positive in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
Fraysse was the Team Manager for the US squad at the Pan American Games in 1975, and he coached the US team at 14 World Championship. In recognition of his service to international cycling, and his work with Borysewicz, Fraysse was also presented with the Life Membership and Medal of Distinction by the Polish Cycling Federation[2]. He was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1998.
Fraysse has had a hand in the development of many elite American cyclists, including: Greg Lemond, Ron Kiefel, Alexi Grewal, Andy Hampsten, Davis Phinney, Betsy Davis, Matt DeCanio, Mike Friedman, Christian Stahl[3], Connie Carpenter, Rebecca Twigg, Beth Heiden, Eric Heiden, Lance Armstrong, and Steve Woznik [4]. Fraysse was also involved in product development for the bicycle industry, and in 1979 he built the first aerodynamic frame with tear-drop tubing, which was ridden by LeMond to a silver medal in that year's Junior World Championships. He also designed the Concor bicycle saddle.
Present Day
Fraysse owned Park Cycle in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey for 30 years, and currently operates a private training facility for elite and recreational athletes in hamlet of Glen Spey, New York. Said Fraysse, "I had a dream to do my own training center so I didn't have the restrictions of the Olympic Committee of the Fed (cycling federation) and do it the way I thought it should be done. I looked all over the country, wherever I went on a trip, I looked."[5]
References
- ^ Mike Fraysse Statement, USA Cycling
- ^ United States Bicycling Hall of Fame Induction Bio
- ^ "Christian Stahl USA Cycling Olympian Bio". Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Sullivan home to cycle guru". Times Herald-Record. March 23, 2002. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Sullivan home to cycle guru". Times Herald-Record. March 23, 2002. Retrieved 2009-05-30.